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    Altaelva (English: Alta River; Northern Sami: Álttáeatnu; Kven: Alattionjoki) is the third-longest river in Finnmark county, Norway. The river begins in...
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    is located on the southern end of Altafjorden at the mouth of the river Altaelva. There are several suburbs around the town: Kåfjord, Kvenvik, and Jiepmaluokta...
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  • Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Kautokeino river, also known as Altaelva, a river in Finnmark county, Norway Kautokeino Airfield, the airport in...
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  • Alta Museum, a museum in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Altaelva (lit. 'Alta River'), a river in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway...
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    on the southern shore of the Altafjord and at the mouth of the river Altaelva, which is about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) east of Bossekop, in the town of...
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  • reflects Sámi history. A hydroelectric power station was built on the Altaelva river in Norway from 1979 to 1981; the controversial Virdnejávr Dam flooded...
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    islands of Stjernøya and Seiland. The 200-kilometre (120 mi) long river Altaelva empties into the fjord at the town of Alta. At Stjernøya and Seiland islands...
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    In 1977, as the protests in Alta Municipality over a dam on the river Altaelva grew, Sámi artist Synnøve Persen from Porsáŋggu Municipality made the artworks...
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    Ocean  ISL - - 71 Jökulsá á Dal 150 3700 205 Atlantic Ocean  ISL - - - Altaelva 240 8693 101 Norwegian Sea in Alta Municipality  NOR - - 78 Målselva ←...
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  • Begna, 250 km (155 mi) Otra, 245 km (152 mi) Trysilelva, 233 km (145 mi) Altaelva, 229 km (142 mi) Namsen, 228 km (142 mi) Hallingdalselva and Snarumselva...
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  • Norway. It is located along the Altafjorden at the delta of the river Altaelva. It makes up the eastern part of the town. The European route E06 highway...
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    used civil disobedience to prevent the building of a dam on the river Altaelva in order to produce hydropower. The dam was built, however, and the river...
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    Čávžu), also referred as Alta Canyon, is a canyon (valley) along the river Altaelva in Finnmark county, Norway. The valley is located in Alta Municipality...
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    interests Vajont Dam, a structurally similar dam Store norske leksikon. "Altaelva" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-01-14. "Norsk Dambygging" (PDF) (in Norwegian)...
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  • Allier (French), Elaver (Latin) Altaelva Alattionjoki (Finnish, Kven), Altaälven (Swedish), Altaelv (German), Altaelva (Norwegian), Álttáeatnu (Northern...
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  • about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of the Sautso canyon, along the Altaelva river, into which this lake eventually flows. List of lakes in Norway "Stuorajávri"...
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    Finnmarksvidda near Alta. Altaelva valley is in the background....
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    spread and the observations of first 'possible' muskrats in the river Altaelva area in Troms county were made around 1960 (Vik 1963), though the first...
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  • both an avid salmon angler and diarist. His memoirs of fishing on the Altaelva in Norway were privately printed in 2009. Dalrymple-Hamilton, Sir North...
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    dissolution in 1863. It was located along the Altafjorden and the river Altaelva with the same borders as the present-day Alta Municipality. The administrative...
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    (Kautokeino) and Máze before it leaves into Alta municipality and changes name to Altaelva. The river is collectively known as the Kautokeino/Alta-vassdraget and...
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  • Land Albert I:n maa Alta Alattio Áltá North Sami Finnish Alattio or Alta Altaelva Alattionjoki or Altajoki Álttáeatnu Álaheajeatnu North Sami North Sami...
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  • the Alta Hydroelectric Power Station, by the Norwegian government on the Altaelva. He served as the spokesman for the Sami who were undergoing a hunger strike...
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  • Alattionjoki Altaelva River in Alta Municipality 69°43′54″N 23°46′37″E / 69.7318°N 23.7770°E / 69.7318; 23.7770 (Alattionjoki (Altaelva)) Alattionvuono...
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  • early 1980s concerning the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Altaelva 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in...
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  • airfield was among other means carried out using seaplanes which used the Altaelva river to land. The station was upgraded in 1955 and received a radar and...
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  • Guadalquivir River Segura River Mundo Miekak Rivers Tana Gaula Orkla Namsen Altaelva Renaelva Hemsila Nidelva Trysilelva Glåma Nea Tya river Soca Sava Bohinjka...
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